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Комментарий от taylor316

To begin open your map and zoom out to the whole continent. You will see shovels in various zones, usually 3-4 per continent. Once you reach that zone, a red area shows up on your map. Click the survey button and a telescope with a light will appear on the ground. Follow the direction of the telescope and drop another survey. If the light on the scope is red you are far away from an artifact. Once green, drop a survey in the direction of the telescope every couple of yards until the artifact appears. Rinse and repeat until you have looted all the artifacts in that area, usually 3-4.

When you open your professions screen, you can click on the race of the fragments you collected. Once you reach the number of artifacts you need click the solve button. I received 5 skill ups the first time I solved a Night Elf artifact and it gave me a grey item.

Also, when you loot an artifact it says you receive X number of currency, but it is not available in the currency tab, only in the archaeology tab.

EDIT: at level 82 I am receiving 34900xp per artifact loot with archaeology at level 22.

Комментарий от Valdesca

Were to learn this on the new 4.0 can we learn?

Комментарий от Riezen

Who teaches this and where do you find them?

Комментарий от WingkaPachacutec

it can only be purchased with Cataclysm?

I only have WotlK and the trainer dosn't show anything

Комментарий от mtnpixie

the information u gave was of great help. I was able to find everything almost effortlessly. Thanks for the imput.

Комментарий от Ashymer

Yep Bro iu need to purchase Cata so you can learn archaeology :P ...

Комментарий от Oddyssey

You have to be level 20 in order to get Apprentice Archaeology :o( Boooo!

Комментарий от warcanon

You will get 2 fragments from each artifact finding up until skill 75 when you will start getting 3.Update At skill 170 I'm getting 3-5 fragments from each finding. I can't tell if getting a rare artifact affects the reult of how many fragment you get.

Комментарий от Skornaq

There are 4 digsites on any continent at any given time, when you deplete one, a new one will spawn elsewhere on the continent.

Each digsite can be excavated 3 times before it is depleted.

The ability survey is not cancelled in combat, it suffers pushback.

Keystones appear to be very infrequent, I have found 2 over 165 seperate digs.

You gather 2 fragments up until you gain an Archaeology level from apprentice, then it increases to 3.

You gain experience with every artifact dug up, at 82 its 8750xp, so this probably varies.

You gain 5 skill points for Archaeology when you assemble an artefact.

Ill edit with any future findings.

Комментарий от henslock8

Artifacts fall under 9 categories:

Dwarf - Requires level 1 Archaeology | Sites in Azeroth

Fossil - Requires level 1 Archaeology | Sites in Azeroth

Night Elf - Requires level 1 Archaeology | Sites in Azeroth

Troll - Requires level 1 Archaeology | Sites in Azeroth

Draenei - Requires level 300 Archaeology | Sites in Outland

Orc - Requires level 300 Archaeology | Sites in Outland

Nerubian - Requires level 375 Archaeology | Sites in Northrend

Vrykul - Requires level 375 Archaeology | Sites in Northrend

Tol'vir - Requires level 450 Archaeology | Sites in Cataclysm

Комментарий от baradiel

this is sooo cool

Комментарий от Nelkoreth

Here's what you should expect while leveling, based on my own experience leveling to 525 and then going for achievements.

• You get one skill-up for every set of fragments you loot, five skill-ups for every common artifact you solve, and fifteen skill-ups for every rare artifact you solve until about 100.• At 100, you'll stop getting skill-ups from collecting fragments, making the five and fifteen skill-ups from solving common and rare artifatcs the only way to level to 525.• Archaeology can be leveled anywhere or anytime you do it. You don't have to move on to higher level continents to continue past 300 and 375.• Digsite locations are fixed and always spawn nearby matching doodads and environemnts. That is, night-elf sites are always nearby night-elven ruins, fossil sites almost always are surrounded by several half-buried fixtures of bones, vrykul sites are always found in active vrykul villages, etc.

1 - 300

The first big chunk has to be done in Kalimdor and Eastern Kingdoms, excluding Cataclsysm zones. Digsites in Outland won't spawn until you reach a skill of 300. Similarly, 375 for Northrend, and 450 for Cataclysm zones.

Kalimdor has mostly night-elve digsites; they're the most common by an enormous margin and can be found all over the continent. Fossils are the next most common, but they are found almost entirely in the southern half of the continent. There are only four or five troll digsites, and all of them are in Tanaris. Lastly, there's a single dwarf digsite at Bael Modan in Southern Barrrens. If you level in Kalimdor, get ready for night-elf after night-elf.

Eastern kingdoms has a combination of dwarf, troll, and fossil digsites. Troll and dwarf digsites both have a strong presence all throughout the continent and you should expect to find a more-or-less equal amount of both. Fossil digsites have about the same availability here as they do in Kalimdor, although their digsites are more spread out.

300 - 375

Digsites in Outland become available once you reach a skill of 300. Outland is actually a pretty nice place to level because it's the smallest continent, it has only two races: orc and draenei, there are no digsites in Blade's Edge, and all of the artifacts have at least two keystone slots. The only downside is that common artifacts here take 45 fragments, up from the 30-36 it takes for the 1-300 types.

375 - 450

Digsites in Northrend become available as soon as you reach a skill of 450. Northrend has nerubian, troll, night-elf, and vrykul artifacts. There are vrykul digsites in Northrend like there are night-elven digsites in Kalimdor: they're everywhere and odds are they're all you'll be digging up. Troll digsites in Northrend aren't uncommon, but they don't have anything close to the presence of vrykul. Nerubian digsites are sparse and spread out across two or three common areas. Surprisngly, night-elf artifacts are actually pretty uncommon here.

450 -525

At 450, digsites in Kalimdor and Eastern Kingdoms have a chance to spawn in the new Cataclysm zones, that is, Mount Hyjal, Uldum, and Twilight Highlands. Unfortunately, they share the same four digsite maximum with the rest of their respective continents. Uldum has only tol'vir digsites, and tol'vir digsite spawn only in Uldum, making tolv'ir artifacts sort of hard to come by. Mount Hyjal has even more night-elf digsites, and Twilight highlands has a bunch of dwarven digs. Deepholm and Vashj'ir do not contain digsites.

Happy hunting.

Комментарий от Killbomb

I've noticed dig site areas in Ashenvale are no longer red but gray. Does this mean anything? I've assembled one artifact so far with skill of 24. Also, I've dug up 4 fragments at once several times even at my low skill level.

Комментарий от Alaskan88

So I just picked this skill up...problem is I use carbonite and the shovels showing where the digsites are, are not showing on its map. I just wondered if anyone else has this issue or if there was a way to fix it without turning carbonite off.

Комментарий от kabookiejoe

i honestly can say. portals to blasted lands, twilight highlandsand uldum are your friend while in azeroth.

shat also comes in handy if you need to get to wpl/epl or trisfal quick with the aid of the Isle of Quel'Danas

Комментарий от Nahbyr

I've noticed that some digsites are 'bugged'. They point out of the digsite while standing on the very edge.

I've made a couple tickets about this, but before I received an answer it would always have fixed itself.So I tried a couple of things and what I've discovered is that once a digsite is 'bugged', go to the next digsite, survey it, loot the artefact(s) and then go back to the 'bugged' one, it'll have somehow reset the digsite.

Hope this helps, I know it will certainly help a couple of my guildies.

EDIT: It appears they have hotfixed the range of the survey-spell. It's larger now. I have yet to test if that fixes the 'bugged' digsites though. I will update once I know more.

Комментарий от Pandorajade

Is there like a bag you can get to put the broken items in till you have the complete item or how are they stored untill you complete them?

Комментарий от needtakehave

This video was SO helpful! Thank you! I HAVE seen them but thought I had no idea where to look :)

Комментарий от Phoow

There is alot of nice hints and tips inn here.

Just wanna add something: When skilling from 1-75 be sure to NOT solve the artifacts. Why you wonder, when you're past skills lvl 75 you get no skills for finding fragments, wich means you only get skills for solving the artifacts. So don't solve anything until you're past 75. =)

Happy digging.

Комментарий от Daimoth

Question: I trained grand master and now I'm finding six at a time. Seemed to be strictly 3-5 before. Can anybody confirm that higher levels of Arch = more artifact fragments per successful dig?

Комментарий от Daimoth

Well for those familiar with the profession, you notice that red-lighted surveys are much more difficult to use, but once you get a yellow or - better yet - a green light, its pretty straightforward. The reds seem to be wildcards. Follow one red-lighted survey, and the the next one is pointing 90 degrees in another direction, and this can happen several times before you stumble into a yellow or a green.

Why? My guess is that the red light, yellow light, and green light are all point you toward your artifact, but with varying degrees of accuracy - red light being least accurate, green being most accurate. I think this is done via a figurative cone. The red light's cone is the widest, and therefor the margin for error is greatest.

This would also explain the phenomenon of being pointed outside the digsite. Although the "cone" is pointing toward your artifact, the spyglass you got for that survey is not. If anybody has ever gotten a green or a yellow light pointing them *blatantly* outside of the digsite, let me know. It is my belief that only red lighted survey attempts will point you outside of your dig site zone, and the above explanation is why.

How does one get out of the red and into the yellow/green faster?

Well, when you get the first red light, follow wherever its pointing. Chances are, the second one will be pointing in a significantly different direction. What you do, is average the two. So if you follow one red light, and the next one is pointing 90 degrees to the left, go 45 degrees to the left instead.

If you get a third red light, it will probably point you in a different direction as well, but it likely will not be as drastic a change as the first. Follow the same pattern; if it sends you roughly 20 degrees further, go that way, but only ten degrees further to the left.

And if the next red points you even more slightly to the left, average the two, don't follow the light outright. That will lead to fruitlessness. You won't likely hit a fourth red light, but if it happens, first - try to fly further between each red light, second - do the same thing. Average.

Works for me!

Комментарий от SkyAngell

You need Catacalysm for this proffession!

Комментарий от Obxt

i have been wondering if anyone knows what the box on arch with a hat, hatchet and a shovel what that are for? is it any special for it or something.

Комментарий от Harlin

Just a little tip to all of you leveling archaeology...when you find an artifact use your survey ability BEFORE you move around...lots of times i find that im close to the next one without moving. Makes things faster...hope this helps :)

Also, if the light is red run in the direction it points to for quite a ways (maybe just over 100 yards), once it's yellow move in the correct direction until the cd on survey ability is done then use survey again, if it turns green move until the cd on survey is about 3/4 of the way done and use it again when the cd is over. I have found that this strat allows me to find stuff more quickly. In addition, i suggest having 310% flying before you attempt this profession since there is a TON of traveling involved. Happy Hunting :)

P.S. DO NOT...I repeat...DO NOT move when you find an artifact before using survey ability again to find the next one. I have found more often than not that the next one is VERY close to if not RIGHT where you found the last one :)

Lastly, if you are trying to level any gathering prof from 1-525 i suggest pairing it with archeaology, you spend a lot of time in azeroth in the beginning of archaeology and why not kill two birds with one stone?

Комментарий от Gandazar

3) I find Kalimdor the best place to level this skill up, as most digsites are Night Elven and thus, easier to complete artifacts.

It doesn't really make much difference whether you stick to one race or dig up artifacts from multiple races. It might be faster to get your first artifact completed if you stick to one race, but if you do multiple races you'll get multiple artifacts very shortly after the first one.

For example, assuming you need to dig 8 times to complete each artifact, if you stick to one race, you'll complete artifacts at dig 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, etc.

So, after 50 digs, you have exactly the same number of artifacts (6). Stick to elven sites (or any other) later, if you know some rare item that you want comes specifically from elven sites. If you're just skilling up, it doesn't really matter; sticking to a single race will make it more regular, but the total number of artifacts will be the same. Simply go for the nearest site, that will save you the most time.

Комментарий от Vendolius

I have been working pretty much the last week on getting 525 to guarantee a shot at the Zin'rok blade and I have a couple tips to add...

- As posted above ALWAYS put another survey down after you "loot" an artifact. There is a good chance that another artifact will spawn exactly where you looted the previous one. This saves a ton of time.

- I'm pretty sure I read in one of the threads on archaeology or on the Zin'rok blade not to solve any puzzles if you are currenlty working on a rare project because you will not be able to get another rare at the same time, I can officially state that this is false. As of today (1/4/10) I have two rare projects going at once...the Inkeeper's Daughter (dwarf rare) and Fossilized Raptor (fossil rare). So combine away and don't worry about not being able to get another rare until you finish your current project.

-As far as when you get rare's, don't worry young padowan, you will get there just keep going. I found it's anyway after the 10th combine for the race thereabouts. It will seem like you combine forever and keep getting the greys, but as your skill goes up you will get more rare opportunities.

-When you get the keystones save them. There's no reason to burn them on grey combines, save them for the rare combines. They require many more artifacts to make the combine (so far I have found they need 100) so it's best just to hold on to them until later.

That's pretty much it for now, I will post more as I find more. Good luck all!

Комментарий от xexx

Death Knights especially: Do yourself a favor and level this in Eastern Kingdoms. We have Death Gate to the north, and set your Hearth to Orgrimmar... from there you can take the portal to the Blasted Lands in the south, or to Twilight Highlands in the middle. Eastern Kingdoms has more troll artifacts, and lets face it, we all want Zin'rokh, Destroyer of Worlds anyway.

Комментарий от SamanthaJae

I find having gatherer and gather-mate are very helpful. They leave the yellow circles of where you gathered before and what you got. A lot of times you will find the nodes spawn where they did before.

Комментарий от grabeille

I have found that the tablets tend to drop when you use 3surveys or less before finding an artifact. Also, something that works for me but might also be totally random, I try to dig close to a rock, building or tree in the direction pointed by the survey thingy. As of now, it worked really well...

Комментарий от nbailey

I have a question about archaeology. I'm an artisan right now and for a while now (not sure which level it started) I've had several sites where I would survey to the first fragment and then survey again at that same spot and get another fragment from the exact same location. I still only get three fragments per dig site, but I was curious as to if this is supposed to happen.

Also does anyone know what the 10th race is? o.o i only see 9 on wowhead but there are 10 in the profession's book thing.

Edit2: according to wowpedia, "Although each archaeology site can have three finds unearthed at a time, only one node is active at a time: once the first find is unearthed, the location of the second find is randomly selected, it is possible to unearth two or even three finds in a row at the exact same location." so that answers my first question any ideas about the second?

Комментарий от Kleve

I cannot express how happy I am that combat doesn't interrupt the Survey action.....every time I'm surveying and some level nothing comes up and whacks me, I get the satisfaction of watching my Succubus destroy it AND I get to keep digging.

Thank you for this one Blizz....doesn't make up for the quest items with eight second cooldowns or the bizzare drop rates of things like paws and eyes from animals, but I sure appreciate it anyway.

Комментарий от TheR0nin

Really a bit puzzled about Dwarf dig-sites in Eastern Kingdoms. I'm not finding any. I keep getting Troll and Fossil sites-- but past the first couple of Dwarf sites, none are coming up. I've yet to collect enough fragments to solve my first Dwarf artifact-- but I've solved five Troll, and four Fossil artifacts.

Almost all of the time when I finish digging at a site, another Troll one pops up-- mostly in Stranglethorn. I realize that you're supposed to get more Troll than others, but this is ridiculous. For Dwarves, who are kind of in the forefront of Archaeology in-game, to have so few sites just seems strange.

So, question-- is this just RNG laughing at me, or what?

Комментарий от Telkari

So I was asking around about people's opinions on this profession, and here's the general gist of every conversation I've had.

Me-"So do you like Archaeology?"

Them-"No Archaeology sucks. It's lame and a total waste of time."

Me-"Why? You get companion pets, EPIC quality Cata gear, and mounts from it. That's like having all of the professions, like Alchemy, Engineering, and BS/LW/Tailoring, that do those in ONE profession."

Them-"It's just so time consuming, having to fly all over the place to get the pieces."

Me-"So you mean you can't just pick up the mats you need to level up on the AH and have to fly around to farm the 'mats' instead."

Them-"...Yeah."

Me-"K then."

If you don't like the fact that you have to farm it yourself, stop QQing and don't have anything to do with it. Let the people that enjoy the grind have fun with it and rub it in your face when we got our awesome Qiraji Battle Tank mount or badass 359 2h sword.

Комментарий от droperosthia

does anyone know if rare items could be created twice? cause that would suck.. also does anyone know what the tenth category is? since there are only nine races but still i got a tenth gray icon at the archeology tab...

Комментарий от Sazuiz

Комментарий от Dikzakje

As of 5.0.4 some digsites have been made smaller(Dire maul is still the size of Orgrimmar however), and digsites last for 6 digs. This is especially helpful if you don't (yet) have access to 280% or 310% flying.

Комментарий от Mychyl

Not sure precisely when this changed, but a lot of the comments here are significantly out of touch with the current reality.

You do continue to skill up from digging beyond 100 -- in fact, digging will skill you up all the way to 600. It is no longer necessary to skill up solely from solving artifacts. (They do, as mentioned, still provide 5 per solved common artifact. I believe it's also 20 per rare, but I don't remember 100% at the moment.)

Комментарий от Skullhawk13

Important thing. The game includes a free sensor for what fragments you desire, and tries to make them appear as far away as possible. True facts.

Комментарий от AddictedPoi

If you start doing Archeology in Warlords of Draenor or later, after visiting the nearest trainer to be able to skill up from 1 to 75, go to a digsite in Draenor. Start digging and one of the finds will contain a Brittle Cartography Journal that will allow you to skill up from 1 all the way to 700.

PS: Turn on "Show digsites" on your minimap. Use the Archy addon if you are serious about Archeology.